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| Gyro:
--- Quote from: PaulAm on May 21, 2021, 07:47:52 pm ---Gad I hate ticks. You can hit those suckers with a hammer and they'll just walk away. The only way I've found to kill them is to drown them in alcohol, burn them with a torch, or preferably both --- End quote --- The sellers of our previous house kindly left us with a bunch of cat fleas. I found that they could survive for a significant period of time immersed in IPA! |
| amyk:
--- Quote from: Alti on May 21, 2021, 06:38:12 pm ---Ticks do not have jaws so I do not understand how it could crush a resistor. Nature article "..feeding apparatus of the tick.. " with links to movies. --- End quote --- Think of a miner chipping away at rock with a hammer. |
| Zero999:
--- Quote from: Gyro on May 21, 2021, 08:49:17 pm --- --- Quote from: PaulAm on May 21, 2021, 07:47:52 pm ---Gad I hate ticks. You can hit those suckers with a hammer and they'll just walk away. The only way I've found to kill them is to drown them in alcohol, burn them with a torch, or preferably both --- End quote --- The sellers of our previous house kindly left us with a bunch of cat fleas. I found that they could survive for a significant period of time immersed in IPA! --- End quote --- How about orange oil? That kills lots of insects and is completely harmless to humans. In fact it's often used to flavour food. |
| joeqsmith:
No new resistors have been destroyed however, she has started to lay eggs. https://www.tickcheck.com/info/deer-tick-life-cycle-and-active-periods |
| thinkfat:
Yeah, as I said, craving crackers. Not uncommon with pregnant females. |
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